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| .Chapter 3 Advanced Operation Guide 1． Braille Display 1） Braille display shift + F5 for braille display By entering the F5 key while pressing the shift key, you can toggle on/off of a braille display. The default setting is off. There are 3 types of expressions for braille: English Grade 2, English Grade 1, and No conversion 8 dots. You choose two modes from them by -Q option, and then you can toggle between them by the braille display switch. The supported braille displays are Navigator, Power Braille, Braille Note 40A/20A/46C/46D, ABT 320/340/380, Braille Write 40, Braille Write 2000, Braille Memo 16, ALVA Satellite 544/570. When the length of a line is longer than the width of the braille display, you can scroll the output left and right by pressing the key of the braille display. If you wish to make the braille display as a default value, you need to specify -I option in the configuration file al.cfg. 2） Message mode shift + F4 for message mode By pressing the F4 key while pressing the shift key, you can change the display of command messages. There are three types of message modes, namely "voice", "voice and braille", and "braille". Each mode supports the display of command messages "only by voice", "by voice and braille", and "only by braille". In addition, this function is valid only when the "braille display is on" by the shift + F5 keys. 3） Operations of braille display side (1) Power Braille Pressing left and right SHIFT keys simultaneously to change braille mode Rocker switch UP for previous line Rocker switch DOWN for next line Left SHIFT to scroll left Right SHIFT to scroll right Convex key to the beginning of the line Concave key to the end of the line (2) Navigator Pressing LEFT and RIGHT keys simultaneously to change braille mode UP for previous line DOWN for next line LEFT to scroll left RIGHT to scroll right Left action to the beginning of the line Right action to the end of the line (3) Braille Note 40A Pressing BK and LF keys simultaneously to change braille mode SL key for previous line SR key for next line BK key to scroll left LF key to scroll right SL key and JP key to the beginning of the line SR key and JP key to the end of the line (4) Braille Note 20A Pressing SL and SR keys simultaneously to change braille mode BK key for previous line LF key for next line SL key to scroll left SR key to scroll right SL key and LF key to the beginning of the line SR key and LF key to the end of the line (5) ABT 20/40/80 PROG to change braille mode UP for previous line DOWN for next line LEFT to scroll left RIGHT to scroll right HOME to the beginning of the line CURSOR to the end of the line (6) Braille Write 18, Braille Write 2000, Braille Write 40, Braille Write ME20, Braille Write ME40 For using a Braille Write as a braille display, enter into a speech box mode (for PC Master) by the space + 345 or the space + 1234. In the case of ME20 and ME40, turn on the braille display mode switch. Operation keys: 1 to scroll left 4 to scroll right 2 for previous line 5 for next line 3 to the beginning of the line 6 to the end of the line space to change braille mode ME40: left of the left bar for previous line right of the left bar for next line left of the right bar to scroll left right of the right bar to scroll right (7) Braille Note 46C/46D/46X F1 key to change braille mode BK key for previous line LF key for next line SL key to scroll left SR key to scroll right F2 key to the beginning of the line F3 key to the end of the line (8) Braille Memo 16 LEFT key + RIGHT key or LEFT SHIFT key + RIGHT SHIFT key to change braille mode UP key for previous line DOWN key for next line LEFT key or LEFT SHIFT key to scroll left RIGHT key or RIGHT SHIFT key to scroll right LEFT key + UP key to the beginning of the line RIGHT key + UP key to the end of the line (9) Satellite 544/570 Note: Set "Status Cells=none" by the configuration file of Satellite.) HOME or CURSOR to change braille mode UP for previous line DOWN for next line LEFT to scroll left RIGHT to scroll right Back tab or back ear to the beginning of the line Forward tab or forward ear to the end of the line 4） Setting AL.CFG to use a braille display Specify a connecting port, and a type, size, number of characters, and valid/invalid of wordwrap for a display in the configuration file AL.CFG in the ALTAIR folder. (For ALTAIR's configuration, please refer to 1 of Chapter 3 'Advanced operation guide' and 2 of Chapter 4 'Technical guide'.) (1) Specifying the communication port for braille display com1 by -A1 com2 by -A2 com3 by -A3 com4 by -A4 (2) Types of braille display Navigator and Power Braille by -B1 Braille Note 40A/20A by -B2 ABT 20/40/80 (Alva Braille Terminal) by -B3 Braille Write by -B4 Braille Note 46C/46D by -B5 Braille Memo by -B6 Satellite by -B7 (3) Display size -Z16 -Z18 -Z20 -Z40 -Z80 (4) Number of displayed characters Specify a two-digit number smaller than the display size. When you specify the value smaller than -D36 (for -Z40) -D40 (for -Z44) (5) Wordwrap It is for braille wordwrap. -L (6) Braille display as a default value When ALTAIR starts up, the braille display is on. -I (7) Message mode Voice message by -J1 Braille message by -J2 Both voice and braille message by -J3 (8) Changing key assignments for braille display As explained previously, ALTAIR supports 7 functions of up, down, left, right, top, end, and change by using the keypad of braille display. Depending on the features of a braille display keypad, for these functions, maximum 12 keys are assigned. Note that the function table is as follows: UP DOWN LEFT RIGHT TOP END CHANGE UP DOWN LEFT RIGHT CHANGE and that the names of the keys are as follows: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C. The default key assignments are as follows: -&123456789ABC. These assignments can be changed. For example, if you wish to swap UP and LEFT, DOWN and RIGHT respectively, set as follows: -&3412567AB89C. The maximum number of keys you can assign is different depending on the braille display. They are up to 12 for Navigator and Satellite, up to 10 for ABT380 and Braille Memo, up to 9 for Power Braille, up to 8 for Braille Note 46C/46D and Braille Write, and up to 7 for Braille Note 20/40 and ABT 320/340. (9) Communication parameter setting of serial port for braille display -S "baud rate" "parity" "bit length" "stop bit" "RTS/CTS control off" -S9600N81 (default value) When you wish to use VARIO with Power Braille Emulation (PB1), turn off the RTS/CTS control. S9600N81C 5） On/off of braille cursor CTRL + ] to toggle on/off of braille cursor It is to toggle on/off of a braille cursor. The default setting is on. 6） Line number display If you set -U option in AL.CFG, the line number of the current line is output on a braille display. However, this function is valid only when the value of -D option is 4 or more smaller than the value of -Z option in AL.CFG. In addition, when using the function, the function to display the current position becomes invalid. 7） Setting tab value If you set -; option in AL.CFG, you can set how many spaces a tab is changed to. The default number is 2. You can set from -;1 to -;10. 2． Telephone Dialing 1） Telephone dialing shift + F7 once to dial a telephone When you press the shift + F7 keys and select "telephone" by the enter key, ALTAIR dials telephone by regarding the number after the cursor position as a telephone number. Move the cursor to the beginning of a telephone number, press the shift + F7 keys and press the enter key. A telephone number must be written in single-byte characters. After you hear the dialing tone of the modem and the calling sound, pick up the receiver and press the enter key of the keyboard. Then the connection switches from the modem to the telephone. 2） Setting AL.CFG for telephone dialing You can set an extension number dialing, a distinguishing number for each telephone company, and AT command for tone/pulse dialing in the configuration file AL.CFG. (1) Setting data to be sent to modem before sending a telephone number -H for header -HT for tone dial (short sound) -HP for pulse dial (long sound) -HT0 to specify an extension number dialing -HT0077 to specify a telephone company -HP0 to specify an extension number dialing -HP0077 to specify a telephone company (2) Serial port a modem is connected com1 by -T1 com2 by -T2 com3 by -T3 com4 by -T4 (3) Communication parameter setting of serial port for modem -R "baud rate" "parity" "bit length" "stop bit" -R9600N81 3． Printing 1） Print F2 three times and right cursor to print printable characters It is to print out the current editing document in printable non-Braille letters and characters. You need to do various settings previously by veprt.cfg in ALTAIR folder. Also, you can describe settings in myveprt.cfg file. When myveprt.cfg exists, the settings in the file take priority. You can write only one option per line. For a comment line, put ";" at the beginning. (1) Number of characters for a line -PC80 (2) Number of lines for a page -PL60 (3) Length of a tab code (1 to 8) -TL1 (4) Left margin (by 1/10mm) -LM200 (5) Right margin (by 1/10mm) -RM200 (6) Top margin (by 1/10mm) -UM200 (7) Bottom margin (by 1/10mm) -BM200 (8) Number of copies to print -CP1 (9) Page number to start printing -SP1 (10) Page number to finish printing -EP999 (11) Default value for page number -PN1 2） Emboss F2 four times and right cursor to emboss braille characters It is to print out the current editing document in braille. If you choose braille printing, it executes a printing in braille. You need to place the configuration file EXTRA.CFG in the ALTAIR folder, and set a printing method in the file. You can write only one option per line. You cannot write comments. Note that this print function in braille does not work if EXTRA 2001 or EXTRA for Windows Version 3 is not installed in your computer. Setting items by EXTRA.CFG (1) Printer driver name -pnameExtra Braille Printer Driver Write the name of the printer driver you are using for EXTRA 2001. (2) Printer type -b1 NABCC (generic) -b2 ET(Iinter Point) -b3 ET(Inter Line) -b4 Everest (Inter Point) -b5 Everest (Inter Line) -b6 VersaPoint (U) -b7 VersaPoint (J) -b8 ESA721 -b9 Ohtsuki BT5000 -ba Ohtsuki BT3000 -bb TP32 -bc Braillo Comet -bd Thiel Beta X3 -be BT2000 emboss only -bf BT2000 emboss and kana print -bg BMP320 emboss only -bh BMP320 emboss and print -bi BMP320 emboss and kana print (3) Number of character strings per line -fc<number> (4) Number of lines per page -fl<number> (5) Braille translation type -ek1 Japanese, English Grade 1 With this braille translation, Japanese sentences are treated as main language and English sentences as supplementary language. English sentences are always placed between two quotation marks for foreign languages. English braille translation is in English Braille Grade 1. -ek2 Japanese, English Grade 2 With this braille translation, Japanese sentences are treated as main language and English sentences as supplementary language. English sentences are always placed between two quotation marks for foreign languages. English braille translation is in English Braille Grade 2. -eg1 English Grade 1, Japanese With this braille translation, English sentences are treated as main language and Japanese sentences as supplementary language. In a paragraph (logical line divided by linefeed code) consisting of English and Japanese sentences, English sentences are placed between two quotation marks for foreign languages. In a paragraph without a Japanese character, however, quotation marks for foreign languages are omitted. English braille translation is in English Braille Grade 1. -eg2 English Grade 2, Japanese With this braille translation, English sentences are treated as main language and Japanese sentences as supplementary language. Ina paragraph (logical line divided by linefeed code) consisting of English and Japanese sentences, English sentences are placed between two quotation marks for foreign languages. In a paragraph without a Japanese character, however, quotation marks for foreign languages are omitted. English braille translation is in English Braille Grade 2. -ej1 Japanese, Japanese Data Processing It is a braille translation for a document consisting of Japanese sentences and programming language. The default setting is Japanese sentence. Programming language is translated in data processing braille notation. -ej2 Japanese Data Processing, Japanese It is a braille translation for a document consisting of Japanese sentences and programming language. The default setting is programming language. Programming language is translated in data processing braille notation. -en1 Japanese, North America Data Processing Braille It is a braille translation for a document consisting of Japanese sentences and programming language. The default setting is Japanese sentence. Programming language is translated in North America data processing braille notation. -en2 North America Data Processing Braille, Japanese It is a braille translation for a document consisting of Japanese sentences and programming language. The default setting is programming language. Programming language is translated in North America data processing braille notation. (6) Number of copies to print -ps<number> (7) Page number to start printing -pt<number> (8) Page number to finish printing -pe<number> (9) Default value for page number -fp<number> (10) Printing method -pb1 one side printing -pb2 both side printing -pb3 front side printing -pb4 backside printing -pb5 simultaneous printing of both sides 4． Hot File List and Batch Processing 1） Hot file list shift + F2 to read files of hot file list When you press the F2 key while pressing the shift key, you can read a file of the hot file list. The file name of the list can be changed by up and down cursor. You can previously register in AL.CFG up to 10 files you always use. If you use this function, you can easily read files. (1) Registering files with labels ->1label ->2label ... ->9label -> 0label, to register files with labels Specify an easy name to remember after ->n option in AL.CFG. (2) Registering file names -+1name -+2name ... -+9name -+0name, to register file names Specify a file name after -+n option in AL.CFG. 2） Batch processing F1 six times to do batch processing If you make a directory named "batch" in the ALTAIR directory and place batch files there, you can execute them. When you press the F1 key six times and the enter key once, ALTAIR asks for "a startup batch file name". If you can remember the batch file name, enter the name. Instead, if you just press the enter key, ALTAIR lists up the batch files. Select the one by using up and down cursors and then press the enter key. When you specify a batch file name, you are asked to enter a batch parameter, so enter a parameter if necessary. Generally, you specify an URL or a file name. You can use the paste function here. 5． Search in CD-ROM Dictionaries Some of the CD-ROM dictionaries and electronic books explained in this chapter are for inside Japan only. 1）Main supported EPWING compliant dictionaries and electronic books ALTAIR offers the searching environment for 12 cm CD-ROM based on EPWING standard, 8 cm CD-ROM dictionaries based on SONY electronic book standard. However, not all the dictionaries that satisfy these conditions can be read. Tested dictionaries are listed below. Even if a name is similar, if it is not based on EPWING or SONY electronic book, you cannot access the data. <EPWING dictionaries> Kojien 3rd, 4th, 5th editions Daijirin Readers + Plus English-Japanese Dictionary 1st and 2nd editions Kenkyusha's English-Japanese Dictionary for the General Reader Word Hunter (Multi-CD-ROM dictionary) Kenkyusha's New College English-Japanese Japanese-English Dictionary Genius English-Japanese, Japanese-English Dictionary New Global English-Japanese Dictionary New Century Japanese-English Dictionary The Kenkyusha Dictionary of English Collocations Gendai Yogo No Kisochishiki (of Jiyukokuminsha) Japanese version of "Stedman's Medical Dictionary" Mohan Roppo Kenkyusha's Japanese English Dictionary <electronic books> The Japan Encyclopedia's each edition Mypedia Kojien 3rd, 4th, 5th editions Daijirin Kenkyusha's New College English-Japanese Japanese-English Dictionary Genius English-Japanese, Japanese-English Dictionary Readers + Plus English-Japanese Dictionary 1st and 2nd editions Kenkyusha's English-Japanese Dictionary for The General Reader Oxford Concise Dictionary The American Heritage NTC's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Gendai Yogo No Kisochishiki (of Jiyukokuminsha) Chiezo Review Japan Compton's Encyclopedia 2000 Deluxe Japanese version of "Stedman's Medical Dictionary" Mohan Roppo CD Data Book CD Classic Music Book CD Popular Music Book Pill Book - Medical Dictionary <electronic dictionaries of individual standard> Heibonsha's World Encyclopedia First Edition Daijisen Random House English Japanese CD-ROM dictionary 2） Setting AL.CFG to use CD-ROM dictionaries Do the necessary settings in the configuration file AL.CFG. The setting items are a display of titles, CD-ROM drives, book numbers, a search program type, a multiple keyword search, an overseas version, direct file accesses, a local character replacement table, IME control, particular options of the tool, and a conditional search. (1) Title -M1title -M2title ... -M9title -M0title to set CD-ROM titles -MAtitle -MBtitle ... -MStitle -MTtitle to set CD-ROM titles These settings are essential. They will be the labels when you select CD-ROMs. <Example> Registering in CD2 the title of Kenkyusha's English-Japanese Dictionary for The General Reader. -M2Readers (Do not use Kanji characters for titles.) (2) Drive number -C1x: -C2x: ... -C9x: -C0x: to set a CD-ROM drive number -CAx: -CBx: ... -CSx: -CTx: to set a CD-ROM drive number These settings are essential. They inform ALTAIR in which drives (and which folders) CD-ROMs are located. <Example> Setting CD1 as G drive -C1G: For ALTAIR's CD-ROM dictionary search, CDROM2.EXE of Mr. R. Jiro Tanaka, DAIJISEN.EXE and CSRD.EXE of Mr. Junn Ohta, and EBLOOK.EXE of EBLIB Project are used. With these search tools, you can specify folders as follows: -C1x:\dir\ -C2x:\dir\ ... -C9x:\dir\ -C0x:\dir\ to set a CD-ROM drive number -CAx:\dir\ -CBx:\dir\ ... -CSx:\dir\ -CTx:\dir\ to set a CD-ROM drive number It is useful when you copy multiple CD-ROMs into one drive in the hard disk. For example, you can make CDROM1 folder under the root directory of C drive, copy the whole content of the first CD-ROM there, then make CDROM2 folder and copy the whole content of the second CD-ROM into CDROM2 folder, and so on. (3) Book number -F1n -F2n ... -F9n -F0n to set book numbers in CD-ROM -FAn -FBn ... -FSn -FTn to set book numbers in CD-ROM These settings are essential when CD-ROM is multi-volume, namely includes multiple titles, and when you are searching the second or later title. <Example> Setting a book number of CD3 as 2 -F32 (For example, when you wish to use Japanese-English CD-ROM dictionary of Kenkyusha's New College English-Japanese Japanese-English Dictionary, specify 2.) You can get the information on the list of the books included in each CD-ROM dictionary just 1) by selecting CD-ROM by the shift + F1 keys, and 2) by, when entering the character string to search, entering -bc for VEEB.EXE or -C for VECDROM2.EXE and VEEBLOOK.EXE. (4) Selection of search program -W1n -W2n ... -W9n -W0n -WAn -WBn ... -WSn -WTn (n is 1 to 6 excluding 2) N=1 VEEB.EXE, N=3 VECDROM2.EXE, N=4 DAIJISEN.EXE, N=5 CSRD.EXE, N=6 VEEBLOOK.EXE The default setting is 1. However, depending on the situation, you may need to use another search program, as each one has functions others do not have. For World Encyclopedia First Edition you must specify VECDROM.EXE of 3, for Daijisen specify DAIJISEN.EXE of 4, and for Random House English Japanese Dictionary specify CSRD.EXE of 5. Also, if you wish to use Kojien Ver.5, specify 6. By -W option, specify for each CD one of VEEB.EXE, VECDROM2.EXE, DAIJISEN.EXE, CSRD.EXE, and VEEBLOOK.EXE. 1=VEEB.EXE, 3=VECDROM2.EXE, 4=DAIJISEN.EXE, 5=CSRD.EXE, 6=VEEBLOOK.EXE The default value is 1. <Example> Accessing CD5 using VECDROM2.EXE -W53 (5) Specifying a multiple search -P1numlist -P2numlist ... -P9numlist -P0numlist -PAnumlist -PBnumlist ... -PSnumlist -PTnumlist (numlist is the item number list for the multiple search index 1 and you can write maximum 5 items) It is to specify to use a multiple search. It works only when -W is 1 or 3. You need to set a multiple search when you wish to search Mohan Roppo or the Kenkyusha Dictionary of English Collocations. Also, when you search phrases by Readers + Plus English-Japanese Dictionary or search book names from author names by Review Japan, you need to use the multiple search. To know the item list of a multiple search index, when you are to enter a searching character, enter -pc for VEEB.EXE or enter -V for VECDROM2.EXE and then press the enter key. A multiple search index usually consists of four or five items. In addition, there is usually only one type of multiple search index, but occasionally there may be several types of them. ALTAIR, however, supports only index 1. The example of a multiple search for "Review Japan" is shown below. Review Japan has the following multiple search items. <Multiple search index 1> Name of the item: the item number Name of the book: 1 Name of the author: 2 Name of the publisher: 3 The field: 4 The multiple search for Readers + Plus English-Japanese Dictionary is as follows: <Multiple search index 1> Name of the item; the item number Word 1 (a fixed phrase): 1 Word 2 (a fixed phrase): 2 Word 3 (a fixed phrase): 3 Word 4 (a fixed phrase): 4 <Example> Setting of AL.CFG to search CD7 by item 2, 3, 4 of multiple search index 1 -M7Collocations -C7D:\COLLOC -P7234 -$71 -W71 When these are specified in AL.CFG, you can perform a multiple search by pressing the shift + F1 keys, selecting CD-ROM7, and entering a character string to search. For a searching character string, if you put spaces between several strings, the first string is handled as item 2 of index 1, next one as item 3, and next one as item 4. For example, if you enter a character string to search as put up with it means VEEB -dD:\COLLOC -pk 2 put -pk 3 up -pk 4 with. If you enter subject to it is treated as VEEB -dD:\COLLOC -pk 2 subject -pk 3 to. Also, if you enter regarding it is handled as VEEB -dD:\COLLOC -pk 2 regarding. (6) Specifying overseas version -Y1 -Y2 ... -Y9 -Y0 -YA -YB ... -YS -YT It is an essential setting item to search an overseas electronic book with EBG specification such as Oxford Concise Dictionary. It is invalid only when -W is 2. <Example> Searching CD4 as an overseas electronic book. -Y4 (7) Specifying local character table -!1file -!2file ... -!9file -!0file -!Afile -!Bfile ... -!Sfile -!Tfile It is to specify a local character table to convert application-dependent locally defined codes to globally defined standard codess. It is the setting to use the local character conversion function of veeb.exe and vecdrom2.exe. -!1c:\winal\plus.egn -!4C:\WINAL\HDHGAIJI.DMP The local character conversion tables are included in the package with the names XXXXXXXX.egn and XXXXXXXX.dmp. The former is for veeb.exe and the latter is for vecdrom2.exe. It goes without saying that the meanings of local character codes are different depending on a CD-ROM or an electronic book. Therefore, a different local character conversion table must be made for each CD-ROM dictionary and electronic book. However, the local character conversion table supported by ALTAIR's package can be used only for some CD-ROM dictionaries and electronic books. VECDROM2.EXE does not have a function to neglect local character codes, so the local character codes are output when there is no conversion table. In such a case, it shall be avoided by using a conversion table such as blank.dmp. (8) Setting of particular options of the tool -<1n -<2n ... -<9n -<0n - It is to set options particular to each search tool, which you wish to include in searching command in addition to the above options. It is a special setting item for an advanced class person. <Sample> Searching Compton's Encyclopedia 2000 Deluxe using VECDROM2.EXE -MHCOMPTON -CHB:\CONCISE -WH3 -YH -$H1 -!HC:\WINAL\BLANK.DMP - <Sample> Searching Random House English Japanese CD-ROM dictionary using CSRD.EXE -M2RandomHouse -C2d:\rhd -$21 -W25 -<2-b -fC:\winal\csrd.fmt -gc:\winal\quiet.gai (9) Specifying conditional search -01 -02 ... -09 -00 -0A -0B ... -0S -0T You can use it for the CD-ROM dictionaries that have conditional search index (key word search) such as Kojien and Daijirin. To know what index each CD-ROM dictionary has, select the CD-ROM by the shift + F1 keys, enter -r for VEEB.EXE or -V for VECDROM2.EXE as a searching character string, and press the enter key. Index list is read aloud or displayed. Conditional search is valid only when -W is 1 or 3. <Sample> Setting of AL.CFG for searching CD5 by conditional search index 2 -05 If this is specified in AL.CFG, you can perform a conditional search by pressing the shift + F1 keys, selecting CD-ROM 5, and entering a character string to search. 3） Selection of CD-ROM dictionaries shift + F1 to search a CD-ROM When you press the F1 key while pressing the shift key, ALTAIR reads the CD-ROM number for searching. By the above-mentioned -M option of the configuration file AL.CFG, it reads CD-ROM title instead of the number. With ALTAIR, you can search maximum 30 CD-ROM dictionaries. You select a CD-ROM dictionary by the up and down cursors and/or the left and right cursors or a function key and/or the shift + function keys and the enter key. 4） Searching in CD-ROM dictionaries ALTAIR does searching according to the searching method previously set in the configuration file AL.CFG. When you are asked "character string to search", enter a character string and press the enter key. When a search is hit, ALTAIR immediately imports the searching result to the editing document and reads the content aloud. If you wish to search more in details or wish to search in a different way from the setting in the configuration file AL.CFG, when you are to enter a searching character string, enter first an appropriate option, then a single-byte space and a searching character string. As to indices, some support kanji character notation and some don't. Electronic books do not support kanji character notation, but CD-ROM dictionaries usually support the one. Even with CD-ROM dictionaries, however, kanji character notation is not supported usually for conditional search index. Here, the types of searching method are explained below. (1) Exact phrase search A search hits only when the entered searching character string is exactly same as the index. It is the default value. (2) Right-hand truncation A search hits when the entered searching character string and the beginning of the index are same. If you put * at the end of the character string, ALTAIR does the right-hand truncation. (3) Left-hand truncation A search hits when the entered searching character string and the end of the index are same. If you put * at the beginning of the character string, ALTAIR does the left-hand truncation. (4) Multiple search index search It is a search using a multiple search index or indices. This index is used to search a subset subdivided into about 4 items. If you specify several multiple search indices, you can perform a searching by AND. (5) Conditional search It is a keyword search using conditional search index or indices. If you specify multiple searching character strings, you can perform a searching by AND. 5） Specifying a file to read a search result into If you set --option in AL.CFG, you can fix the edit file to read the search results into. For example, if you set --10, whichever file you are editing, the search result is read into File 10. 6． Internet Access 1） Method to access internet You can access internet by ALTAIR shift + F6 for internet When you press the F6 key while pressing the shift key, you can execute various commands to use internet. Before entering each of the following command, press shift + F6 keys to call "internet". 2） Basic operation The commands for net surfing, the basics for internet, are explained below at first. A command selection shall be determined by the enter key. shift + F4(U) UP command: (not necessary for LAN connection) to start a dial-up connection shift + F5(D) DOWN command: (not necessary for LAN connection) to hang up a dial-up connection F1(G) GET command: to get a homepage. Pressing the enter key does the same. The cursor must be at the beginning of a URL or on the link mark explained later. Obtained html file is converted into text and loaded in the memory. After getting homepages, ALTAIR automatically puts a link mark and a number to each link. If you execute G command on the link mark, you can jump to the linked page. Entering URL directly: If you enter an URL from the keyboard and press the enter key, the specified homepage is obtained. F3(B) BACK command: to return to the previous pages referring to the history. You can go back maximum 10 pages. F4(R) RELOAD command: to display again the current page. When you execute it after starting ALTAIR and before accessing a homepage, you can resume the net surfing from the homepage you accessed last time. F5(N) NEXT command: to move to the next page in the history. It is to move to the opposite direction of B command. F6(H) HOME command: to move to the default homepage that is previously set. The default homepage is described by -* option in AL.CFG. For example, set as follows: -*http://www.u-shizuoka-ken.ac.jp/~ishikawa/index.htm The descriptions like shift + F4(U) used in this chapter means that you can perform three kinds of operation as follows: 1. With browser mode, press the shift + F4 keys 2. With editor mode, press the shift + F6 keys, then press the shift + F4 keys 3. With editor mode, press the shift + F6 keys, then press U key. 3） Link jump CTRL + up and down cursors for link jump Usually, the homepages you get have links embedded. It is called "net surfing" to visit homepage after homepage following those links. With ALTAIR, all the links are placed at the beginning of the lines, and they are numbered. At the end of a page, URLs of the links in the page are listed as "Reference". When you jump to a linked page, ALTAIR refers to the Reference at the end of the page. Incidentally, the control + up/down cursor keys is usually a function to jump to marks. Please note that only when you have got homepages it becomes a link jump command. CTRL + 6 as a JUMP MODE command You can also toggle the function of the control + up and down cursors between link jump and mark jump by the control + 6 keys. 4） Using a search engine F9(F) FIND command: to do WWW search using the search engine previously specified. Specify by -_ option in AL.CFG. The following is an example of yahoo.com: -_http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search{charset=ascii}{method=get}?p{text}=&{submit}=Search If you press the enter key after the F9 key, the following messages are spoken or displayed: 1:text 2: send button (search) send and quit so enter a searching character string in the vacant line below "1:text" and, on the line of "send and quit" press the enter key. In addition, it depends on the search engine you use, but you can usually perform a focus search by entering multiple key words with single-byte space in-between. F10(E) ENGINELIST command: to call the list of search engine SEARCH.LST. Select one of the engines from the list and execute G command. Place the cursor at the beginning of the URL of the search engine you wish to use and press the enter key. When you are asked to enter a character string, enter the key word for search. Depending on the engine, you need to input several options. For details, please refer to "Form input" explained later. 5） List management F7(L) LIST command: to call the list file URL.LST by L command. Place the cursor at the beginning of the target URL and execute G command. F8(A) APPEND command: to call the list file and append the URL of the current page. When you are asked to register a name, specify a name. 6） Reading a local file You can read an html file on a hard disk or floppy disk by specifying its URL. Below is an example. Just like an html file on the net, you can jump to the linked pages. file://c:\homepage\index.htm In addition, if you have not accessed to the network after starting ALTAIR, you can omit "file://". With ALTAIR, at the beginning of the html file you got, the URL of the html file's original location is recorded as a comment. By this, just by importing an html file saved in the local machine, ALTAIR can know the original location and can jump to the site. There is so-called "relative path" of URL, and it contains only the information to indicate the relative location from the current position. Therefore, even if you are reading a local file, you cannot access from the local file to the original server that is specified by relative path. ALTAIR solves this problem by recording the original location in the obtained html file itself. shift + F10(J): toggle between local and remote It is to toggle the location to link between the local file and remote place When you loaded the html file you got using web crawling robot, if the link is not relative, you automatically access to the server when you do the link jump. In such a case, if you change the link from remote to local by using this command, when you do the link jump, you can access the local file without accessing the original server. 7） Batch processing shift + F7(M) MULTIPLEGET command: to access successively to several URLs specified in BATCH.LST file of ALTAIR folder, obtain them, and read the whole content as one text. shift + F8(I) INSERTBATCH command: to add the URL (including the link marks for jumping to linked pages) the cursor is currently positioned to the BATCH.LST file of ALTAIR folder. shift + F9(W) WIPEBATCH command: to clear the content of BATCH.LST. 8） Saving a log shift + F2(X) SAVELOG command: ALTAIR adds to the record of File 10 all the pages obtained by accessing the internet. SAVELOG command adds and saves them in winal\log folder putting file names as YYMMDD.LOG(980824), and then clears the content of File 10. shift + F3(C) CLEARLOG command: to clear the log recorded in File 10. 9） Getting source and converting to text F2(S) SOURCE command: to call the source (html file) of the homepage obtained by GET command or by entering URL directly. shift + F1(T) TEXT command: to convert a source file (html file) into a text file with links. The page becomes the same as those obtained by GET command or by entering URL directly. 10） Form input There are two methods for form input, get and post. "get" type is an input method used by search engines. On the other hand, "post" is used for book searches and orders or BBS. ALTAIR supports the forms of both methods. However, there are limits to the data volume you can enter, which is within 1000 bytes for get and 10000 bytes for post. As an example, try to access http://www.yahoo.com. When you are told or when you find the display as: form get table | Search for: | input type=text name=p Select name=u with the editor mode, press the shift + F6 keys on the link mark (@mark of "@`48 submit search") and then press the enter key, just like with an ordinary link. Then, 1:text 2: send button (search) send and quit are spoken or displayed, so enter a searching character string in the vacant line below "1:text", move the cursor to the line of "send and quit" and press the enter key. You will get the search result. If you wish to return from the form input screen to Yahoo's homepage, press the F1 key on the form input screen. The message "cancel" is spoken or displayed, so press the enter key so that you return from the form input screen to Yahoo's homepage. Incidentally, there are various established input formats. They are: 1. Entering character strings <input type="text"> <input type="password"> <textarea> 2. Check mark <input type="checkbox"> 3. Single essential selection button <input type="radio"> 4. Single selection option <select> 5. Multiple selection option <select multiple> 6. Search button <input type="submit"> <input type="button"> Operation on the form input screen shall be as follows: <input type="text">->Enter a text on the vacant line below "1:text". <input type="password">->Enter a password on the vacant line below "2:password". <textarea>->Enter a text under "3:text area". When you wish to enter multiple lines, instead of entering actual multiple lines, place "\n" (line break character) between the previous text line and the following text line. If you wish to handle "\n" as a character string, enter as "\\n". <input type="checkbox">->When the message "check" or "no check" is spoken after or displayed under "4:checkbox", press the space key to select one of them. <input type="radio">->When you press the enter key on the vacant line under "5:radio button", the value of the selected radio button is spoken or displayed. You can change the selected button by the up and down cursors and can determine the selection by the enter key. (When it is determined, the selection result is spoken or displayed on the vacant line under "5: radio button".) <select>->When the default value is spoken after of displayed under "6:select", if you press the enter key, the default value is spoken or displayed on the top most message line. You can change the selected value by the up and down cursors and can determine the selection by the enter key. (When it is determined, the selection result is spoken after or displayed under "6: select".) <select multiple>->With "7:multipel", you can choose multiple values. When the default value is spoken after or displayed under "7:multiple", if you press the enter key, on the top most message line, the word "selection" is spoken or displayed after the default value. By pressing the space key, you can toggle between selection and non-selection. When you press the enter key while the word "selection" is spoken or displayed, the determined value is spoken or displayed under "7:multiple". If you repeat this series of operation several times, the multiple determined values are spoken or displayed under "7:multiple" with commas in-between. When you move the cursor to the line "send and quit" and press the enter key, the values entered in the form 1 to 7 will be reflected in the receiver's page. You can also process URL that ALTAIR automatically made for a format input. You will be able to perform a form input quite easily if you add them to search.lst or url.lst and customize them. (When you add addresses to search.lst, you must change them manually to absolute URIs before adding them. As for url.lst, they are handled automatically and your manual handling is not necessary.) For a form input, there are some formats peculiar to ALTAIR when writing URLs. 1. Specifying post type transmission by {method=post} You can let ALTAIR know that the form is a post type by writing as follows: http://xxx.yy.zz/cgi-bin/postform.cgi{method=post}?name=aaa&email=bbb&comment=ccc 2. Specifying get type transmission by {method=get} You can let ALTAIR know that the form is a get type by writing as follows: http://xxx.yy.zz/cgi-bin/getform.cgi{method=get}?nsearch=aaa 3. URL for form input http://xxx.yy.zz/cgi-bin/postform.cgi{method=post}?name{text}=aaa&passwd{password}=bbb&mark{check}[ccc]=on&sex{radio}{R1,R1}{R2,R2}&age{select}{10,10}20,20{30,30}&comment{textarea}=&xx{submit}=OK text Format: variable name{text, max number of input character}[title]=default character string Max number of input character and [title] can be omitted. Title is the character string just before the INPUT tag and it is spoken or displayed within [ ] when inputting a form. password Format: variable name{password,max number of input character}[title]=default character string Max number of input character and [title] can be omitted. Title is the character string just before the INPUT tag and it is spoken or displayed within [ ] when inputting a form. checkbox Format: variable name{check}[title]={value when checking} [title] can be omitted. Title is the character string just before the INPUT tag and it is spoken or displayed within [ ] when inputting a form. radio button Format: variable name{radio}={value 1,displayed character string 1}value 2,displayed character string 2{value 3,displayed character string 3}... A displayed character string is spoken or displayed when selecting, and the corresponding value is sent to cgi. The values outside the brackets {} on the right of = are selected with the default setting. select Format: variable name{select}={value 1,displayed character string 1}value 2,displayed character string 2{value 3,displayed character string 3}... A displayed character string is spoken or displayed when selecting, and the corresponding value is sent to cgi. The values outside the brackets {} on the right of = are selected with the default setting. select (multiple selection is possible) Format: variable name{multiple}={value 1,displayed character string 1}value 2,displayed character string 2{value 3,displayed character string 3}... A displayed character string is spoken or displayed when selecting, and the corresponding value is sent to cgi. The values outside the brackets {} on the right of = are selected with the default setting. text area Format: variable name{textarea}[title]= default character string [title] can be omitted. Title is the character string just before the INPUT tag and it is spoken or displayed within [ ] when inputting a form. \n within the input character string is converted into 0x0d, 0x0a. If you wish to send the character string \n, enter \\n. hidden variable Format: variable name{hidden}=value submit button Format: variable name{submit}=value Variable name can be omitted. (In such a case, it will begin as {submit}=.) image Format: variable name.x=0,variable name{image}.y=0 It has the same function as the submit button 4. Special character and linefeed character within a form When you input a form by editing URL manually, follow the rules below for entering special characters and linefeed characters. For &, use \&. For =, use \=. For {, use \{. For }, use \}. For line break, use \n. However, try as much as possible not to include "&", "=", "+", "{", or "}" in the entering character, because it may be a factor of wrong working. 11） MAP and FRAME ALTAIR supports image maps (client side) and frames by handling the URL written in the tags such as "MAP" or "FRAMESET" same as ordinary links. Operation is same as ordinary links. 12） Cooperation with FTP ALTAIR downloads files using FTP program. To use FTP, you need to set a mail address. Mail address is set by -= option in AL.CFG. When you use an anonymous ftp, you are asked from the server to enter a password, but you shall enter the mail address here as a rule. After setting, when you either directly specify URL starting with ftp:// or choose from the links, downloading starts. When you are asked a local file name, enter one. That's all the operations you need. The downloaded files are saved in winal\ftp by the default setting. It is same when you download them using http protocol. Also, you can get a folder (file list) at an ftp site by writing URL in a format as ftp://rt3205.u-shizuoka-ken.ac.jp/pub/enable/ or ftp://rt3205.u-shizuoka-ken.ac.jp/pub/enable/* and by doing FTP. The obtained file list is read or displayed after being processed into html format, and when you select a link you can download the file. ALTAIR supports downloading from an authenticated ftp. When you write URL as ftp://userid:password@host/path you can download from the authenticated ftp. 13） Cooperation with MAIL At first, set up a mailing environment using the mailer setup. If the settings for a mailer have been done, you can send an email by directly specifying an URL beginning with mailto: or by executing the get command (F1 or G) on a mailto: link. When you are asked to enter a subject, enter a subject and press the enter key. Then, ALTAIR automatically opens an email message form. The contents of from, to, and subject are already set. Enter the message body. When you select "save and quit" by F2 keys, a mail waiting to be sent is made in the OUTBOX. When you press the F1 key twice and execute "send", you can send the mail. 14） Using proxy server When you wish to access a homepage by using a proxy server, set the host name and the port number of the proxy server in VEWWW.CFG. The format is -:HOST.DOMAIN:PORT. Example: -:rt3205.u-shizuoka-ken.ac.jp:8000 15） Browser mode CTRL + DEL to toggle between editor mode, browser mode and mailer mode When you continually use the internet, it may be bothersome to first enter the shift + F6 keys and then execute internet-related commands all the time. In such a case, you can fix the browser mode by the control + delete keys. By doing so, without entering the shift + F6 keys, you can execute the internet-related commands by just pressing the function keys. Also, with the same key, you can return to the ordinary editor mode. With the browser mode, you cannot select commands by alphabetical keys. However, you can enter characters, move the cursor, use the hot keys just like with the editor mode. 16） Homepage management using FTP shift + F6(O) OUTPUTHOMEPAGE command: to send and receive files using FTP between your machine and the server your homepage is located. By writing a script in the veftp.scr of ALTAIR folder, you can send files to or receive files from the server your homepage is located. Sample 1 ------VEFTP.SCR action=basic host=fuji home=public_html user=ishikawa password=PASSWORD Sample 2 ------VEFTP.SCR action=custom host=rt3205 user=ishikawa password=PASSWORD cd public_html mput c:\homepage\*.htm bye When you write a script, follow the rules below: 1. You can send (receive) files to multiple hosts as multiple users. One session must begin with action=. 2. action=basic/custom With "basic", you "put" the html source you are currently reading. You are asked to enter the file name used at the remote computer. The default setting is the same name with the html file currently being read. With "custom", all the commands after a login have to be written by you. 3. You must set for host=, user=, and password= without fail. You must set for home= by action=basic. 4. You must finish a session of action=custome with "bye". Also, with action=basic, a copy of the file which is put is saved in winal\homepage. 17） cookie and authentication SHIFT + CTRL + \ for on/off of cookie ALTAIR supports the user authentication such as "cookie" and "authentication (basic)". cookie is a method of user authentication using the cookie that a host publishes. ALTAIR saves a received cookie in COOKIE.DAT of ALTAIR folder and uses the cookie from next access. cookie is mainly used for user information exchanges and shopping basket systems. With a user information exchange, a server publishes a cookie for the user information entered from a browser. The browser saves it, and returns it every time it accesses the server. With a shopping basket system, one example of how to use cookie is that a new cookie is published whenever a purchase is put in the basket, they are saved, and all the cookies are sent when the total is calculated. Saves of cookies depend on the direction of the server side. The cookies used to put products in the shopping basket are disposed of when the shopping is over. With ALTAIR, such a disposal is done when you quit ALTAIR. If you set cookie off by the shift + control + \ keys, ALTAIR does not send a saved cookie when you access the homepage. When you wish to change the registered user information, you have to set it off. The default setting for cookie is on. On the other hand, with the authentication, only at the first time you are asked to enter ID and password. The ID and the password that are once entered are recorded in AUTHEN.DAT of ALTAIR folder. From the second time, an authentication is automatically done. 18） SSL ALTAIR supports the ciphered communication called SSL (Secure Socket Layer). SSL is a standard method to maintain confidentiality for sending a credit card number for online shopping etc. Using this, you can access a homepage of https protocol. ALTAIR supports SSLv3, TLSv1, and SSLv2. However, when you access the server supporting only the access by SSLv2, it takes about one minute to access. If you write the server's URL in SSL2.LST file, the access becomes faster. 19） RAS If the dial-up network is correctly set, and if IE4 or above is installed, a dial-up is automatically done and you can omit to do the "dial-up connection" of shift + F4 keys. For hanging up, the telephone charge will be cheaper if you do the "dial-up disconnection" by the shift + F5 keys. 20） Playing a DAISY book ALTAIR can play DAISY data by importing DAISY's SMIL file. It supports each compressor/decompressor of WAV, ADPCM, and MP3. The get of SMIL file is same as that of ordinary homepages. When you get http://xxx.yyy.zz/sample.smil if it is on the network, or when you get file://c:\path\sample.smi if it is in the local machine, the play starts immediately. When playing, the following key inputs are interpreted as follows: N: to the next audio element B: to the previous audio element R: to the beginning of the current audio element P: to pause and restart F: to the first audio element H: to speed up (by 0.2, up to double speed) L: to slow down (by 0.2, down to normal speed) T: to output a file specified by text src (default) U: not to output a file specified by text src X: to quit the program Q: to quit the program (equal to UX) 21） Structure display mode SHIFT + CTRL + "-" for on/off of structure display mode Structure display mode has been introduced from Version 3.0 as a homepage display method. With the structure display mode, a theoretical structure such as heading, table, and list, is presented. In addition, the symbols to distinguish the links in the page are added. The rendering to change lines with anchors are not done. The default setting is the structure display mode. By the shift + control + "-" keys, you can toggle between the structure display mode and the ordinary structure non-display mode. After toggling, do reload so that you can renew the display method of the current page. Also, by putting -/ option in AL.CFG, the default setting is changed to the structure non-display mode (ordinary rendering). 7． Mailer 1） Mailer mode CTRL + DEL to toggle among editor mode, browser mode, and mailer mode By the control + delete keys, you can toggle among the commands. When you press the control + delete keys once, it is for a browser mode. When you press them once more, the mode is changed to a mailer mode, and if you press them once again, it returns to the editor mode. 2） Quitting The following are the methods to quit ALTAIR: - After returning to the editor mode, if you press the F2 key three times, the message "quite" is spoken or displayed. Press the enter key, and when you are asked "Do you wish to quit?", press the enter key again to quit. - When you press the control + shift + K keys, you are asked "Do you wish to quit?", so press the enter key to quit. 3） Various settings before use CTRL + F6 for environment setting 1 After ALTAIR starts up, press the control + delete key twice to switch to the mailer mode, press the control + F6 keys, and do environment setting. Computer name Enter the name of the computer you are using. Here, "computer name" means the name assigned by the network. For a dial-up connection, you decide a name yourself and enter it. Domain name Enter the domain name of the network your computer is connected. If it's biglobe, it may be m**.biglobe.ne.jp, and if nifty-serve, it may be nifty.ne.jp. User name Enter the ID (account name) to access the mail server, which is assigned by a provider or a network administrator. POP authenticated user name Enter the user name for the mail server (POP) to receive mails. Password Enter the password to access the mail server, which is assigned by a provider or a network administrator. Mail server for sending mails (SMTP) Enter the name of the mail server. Mail server for receiving mails (POP) Enter the name of the mail server. Mail address (ADDRESS) Enter the mail address (account) which is assigned by a provider or a network administrator. It is the address spoken with or displayed on the From: field (sender name) when an email is sent. You can name it and enter it like YAMADA Taro File path for sending and receiving mails Enter the path name of the directory for sending and receiving mails. Use a full path including the drive name. <Example> Putting it under the WINAL\mailbox directory of C drive C:\WINAL\mailbox Marks for quotation in reply mails Specify the marks to indicate quotations when replying mails. Usually ">" or "|" is used. Place the received mails in the server (Y, N) Specify whether you keep the mails accumulated in the mail server as they are after you get mails to your own computer. Usually "N" is specified. Signature file Specify here the signature file added at the end of your mails. Specify the location where the file is kept and the file name by a full path. <Example> Having it in the temp directory of C drive by the file name sign.txt c:\temp\sign.txt Column number to break lines Specify the number of column to break lines in a sending mail. About 70 is recommended for general use. Use POP before SMTP (Y, N) Specify whether POP authentication is to be done when sending mails. Usually "N" is specified. After you finish entering each item, press the F1 key (to quit without saving) or the F2 key (to quit after saving) to save, then the mailer becomes usable. Furthermore, the items you set are written in the mail.cfg file and you can revise them by an editor when necessary. ----------mail.cfg ---------- -HALTAIR"computer name" -Djsrpd.or.jp"domain name" -Uyamada"user name" -uyamada"authenticated POP user name" -P*abcd"password" -smail.jsrpd.or.jp"server name for sending mails" -pmail.jsrpd.or.jp"server name for receiving mails" -fYAMADA Taro -mc:\WINAL\mailbox" file path for sending and receiving mails" -r>[quotation marks for reply" -kn -nc:\temp\sign.txt"signature file" -c70"column number to break lines" -An ------------------------------ 4） Basic operation F1 to receive and send mails F1 once to receive mails When you press the F1 key once, the message "receive mail" is spoken or displayed. When you press the enter key, ALTAIR gets the mails from the mail server on the network that are addressed to you and have not been read and tells or displays the list of the mails in the INBOX folder that have already been received. Select the mail you wish to read by the up and down cursors and press the enter key to read or display the mail content. When you with to close the mail content and return to the list of the received mails, if you press the F2 key once, "Return to the list." is spoken or displayed, so press the enter key. In addition, you can save the mail you are reading as a text. You can use each function of "save", "block save", and "block append" by pressing the F2 key twice for "save", three times for "block save", and four times for "block append". Beside of them, among the functions of editor mode, you can use the functions necessary for reading just like with the editor mode. F1 twice to send mails When you press the F1 key twice, the message "send mail" is spoken or displayed. When you press the enter key, ALTAIR sends all the mails in the OUTBOX that were waiting to be sent. After they are sent, the message "sending complete" is spoken or displayed. F2 to make sending mails, reply mails, and transfer mails F2 once to make sending mails When you press the F2 key once, the message "make a sending mail" is spoken or displayed. When you press the enter key, the message "Receiver:" is spoken or displayed, so enter an actual mail address or a receiver's name registered in the address book (alias.rc file). You can specify multiple receivers. Enter them with , (comma) between the names. After entering them, when you press the enter key, "Subject:" is spoken or displayed, so enter the title. So far, you can cancel what you did by pressing the escape key. After entering the title, when you press the enter key, a file to be sent opens, and the content of the mail is spoken or displayed. If you wish to cancel here, press the F2 key three times so that the message "quit without saving" is spoken or displayed, then press the enter key. The display returns to the mail list of the folder. Regarding the content of the mail, from the first line, it is spoken or displayed in order of From:, To:, Cc:, Subject:, X-Attachment:, and the cursor is placed at the position you type a message under an underline. After typing the message and entering Cc, Bcc when necessary, if you press the F2 key once, "save and quit" is spoken or displayed. When you press the enter key, the list of the mails waiting to be sent in the OUTBOX folder is read aloud or displayed and you can confirm that the mail you just saved is added to the mail list. After typing the message, if you press the F2 key twice, "save as a draft" is spoken or displayed. If you press the enter key, the mail list in the DRAFTBOX folder is read aloud or displayed, and you can confirm that the mail you just saved is added in the mail list. If you wish to insert into a mail the content of a saved file, press the F1 key. The message "insert" is spoken or displayed, so press the enter key. The message "file name" is spoken or displayed, so enter the directory and the file name with a full path. Then the content of the file is added to the mail. F2 twice to make replay mails When you select the mail you wish to reply from the received mail list in the INBOX folder by using up and down cursors, and press the F2 key twice, the message "make a reply mail" is spoken or displayed. When you press the enter key, the content of the replay mail is read aloud or displayed. Your mail address is spoken or displayed after From:, the sender's mail address after To:, and "In reply to.." is spoken or displayed at the position for your message. The cursor stops at the position you shall enter the message. After typing the reply, when you press the F2 key once, "save and quit" is spoken or displayed, so press the enter key and save it. If you press the F1 key twice, sending the mail is complete. F2 three times to make transfer mails When you select the mail you wish to transfer from the received mail list in the INBOX folder by using up and down cursors, and press the F2 key three times, the message "make a transfer mail" is spoken or displayed, so press the enter key. When the message "Receiver:" is spoken or displayed, enter the transfer address and press the enter key. Following "FW:", the tile of the mail is read aloud or displayed. If you do not wish to rewrite it, press the enter key. Below "Forwarding", the mail content is read aloud or displayed. When you press the F2 key once, the message "save and quit" is spoken or displayed. Press the enter key to save it, and press the F1 key twice to send it. - advanced operation for sending mails - advanced operation 1 to make it easier to specify mail receivers by using an address book When you send a mail, you can specify multiple addresses by putting commas between the addresses. However, it may be bothersome to enter all the addresses when you are sending a mail to many addresses or sending mails often to the same group. In such cases, you can make an address book as follows. The file name of the address book is alias.rc and it shall be placed in the program directory (the folder which winal.exe is in). By entering, at the position to enter the receiver names, the group name or abbreviated address written on the right of "*alias" as follows, the mail is sent to the addresses written below the alias name when you actually send it. <Example of alias.rc> ------------------------------ ;alias.rc *alias AAA A001@bbb.co.jp A002@ccc.ne.jp A003@eee.or.jp *alias CCC C001@aaa.co.jp C002@bbb.ne.jp C003@ccc.or.jp C004@ddd.ac.jp ---------------------------- With the above example, if you type "AAA" at the position to enter the receiver names, the mail is automatically sent to the following three addresses: A001@bbb.co.jp A002@ccc.ne.jp A003@eee.or.jp. Also, if you type "AAA,CCC" for the receiver names, the mail is sent to the following seven addresses: A001@bbb.co.jp A002@ccc.ne.jp A003@eee.or.jp C001@aaa.co.jp C002@bbb.ne.jp C003@ccc.or.jp C004@ddd.ac.jp. advanced operation 2 to send attached files To an ordinary text mail, you can attach binary files, etc. When a sending mail is made, the following header is loaded to the editor: ------------------------------ From: abcd@jsrpd.or.jp To: stuff@abc.ac.jp Cc: BCC: Subject: X-Attachment: ---------------------------- Specify the attaching file name after "X-Attachment:" by using its full path. You can write multiple file names by putting commas in-between. By this, when the mail is sent, the attached files are automatically encoded into MIME format, attached to the end of the body of the mail, and sent with the mail. F3 for quick mail search, mail search, returning to the previous search result, list search, upward list search, case incentive list search, or upward fuzzy list search F3 once for quick mail search When you press the F3 key, the message "quick mail search" is spoken or displayed. If you press the enter key consecutively, the announcement or display in turn will be "Subject:", "Sender (From):", "Receiver (To):", "Date (Date)", so enter the conditions you wish for the search. At the end, "Start search." is spoken or displayed, and if you press the enter key, the index of the mails that satisfy the conditions and chosen from the mail list is read aloud or displayed. With a quick search, the information obtained in the database named LIST32.DAT is searched. The information recorded in the database does not necessarily cover all the information such as "Receiver (To):". When you wish to search more strictly, perform the "mail search" explained below. F3 twice for mail search When you press the F3 key twice, the message "mail search" is spoken or displayed. If you press the enter key consecutively, the announcement or display in turn will be "Subject:", "Sender (From):", "Receiver (To):", "Date (Date)", "Message body (Body)", so enter the conditions you wish for the search. As for the Date, the search string shall be the one used for the Date in the mail message such as "Fri, 5 Dec 2003" (Fri and/or 2003 can be omitted). At the end, "Start search." is spoken or displayed, and if you press the enter key, the index of the mails that satisfy the conditions and chosen from the mail list is read aloud or displayed. If you search further from the list of the mails satisfying the conditions, you can further focus the search result. F3 three times to return to the previous search result When you press the F3 key three times, the message "Return to the previous search result." is spoken or displayed. If you press the enter key, the display returns to the previous search result. F3 four times for list search When you press the F3 key four times, the message "list search" is spoken or displayed. If you press the enter key, "search string" is spoken or displayed, so enter the character string you wish to search. The cursor moves to the character string satisfying the condition. F3 five times for upward list search When you press the F3 key five times, the message "upward list search" is spoken or displayed. If you press the enter key, "search string" is spoken or displayed, so enter the character string you wish to search. It is to search the character string in the mail list from the bottom to the top. F3 six times for case incentive list search When you press the F3 key six times, the message "case incentive list search" is spoken or displayed. If you press the enter key, "search string" is spoken or displayed, so enter the character string you wish to search. This case incentive list search does not distinguish between upper case and lower case of English characters. F3 seven times for upward case incentive list search When you press the F3 key seven times, the message "Upward case incentive list search" is spoken or displayed. If you press the enter key, "search string" is spoken or displayed, so enter the character string you wish to search. It is to search the character string in the mail list from the bottom to the top. This upward case incentive list search does not distinguish between upper case and lower case of English characters. F4 to save the attached files In the mail list, a mail with attached file(s) has * mark on its left. When you wish to get the attached file(s) of a certain mail, select the mail by moving up and down cursors in the mail list. When you press the F4 key, the message "save attached file" is spoken or displayed. If you press the enter key, the attached file(s) are saved in the "attach" folder. F5 to delete mails Select the mail you wish to delete by moving up and down cursors in the mail list and press the F5 key. The message "delete mail" is spoken or displayed. If you press the enter key, the message "Do you wish to delete the mail? (Y/N)" is spoken or displayed. When you press "Y", the mail is deleted. F6 to move mails or do collective move F6 once to move mails Select the mail you wish to move by moving up and down cursors in the mail list and press the F6 key. The message "move" is spoken or displayed. If you press the enter key, the message "Enter folder name." is spoken or displayed. Enter the folder name to which you wish to move the mail. The name of the folder shall be the one in the mailbox folder, and it shall be entered directly (not by full path). When you press the enter key, the mail is moved to the folder. When the message "Enter folder name." is spoken or displayed, if you press the enter key instead of specifying a folder name, the list of folders in the mailbox folder is read aloud or displayed. When you select one by up and down cursors and press the enter key, the mail is moved to the folder. If the specified folder is not in the mailbox folder, the message "Do you wish to make a folder (Y/N)?" is spoken or displayed. If you press "Y" key, a new folder is made. If you press "N" key, the move operation is cancelled. F6 twice to move collectively When you press the F6 key twice, the message "collective move" is spoken or displayed. When you press the enter key, the message "Enter folder name." is spoken or displayed, so enter the folder name to which you wish to move the mail, then press the enter key. All the mails in the folder are moved to the specified folder. If you press the enter key instead of specifying a folder name, the list of folders in the mailbox folder is read aloud or displayed. When you select one by up and down cursors and press the enter key, the mail is moved to the folder. If the specified folder is not in the mailbox folder, the message "Do you wish to make a folder (Y/N)?" is spoken or displayed. If you press "Y" key, a new folder is made. If you press "N" key, the move operation is cancelled. F7 to classify mails When you press the F7 key, the message "classification" is spoken or displayed, so press the enter key. When you are asked "Do you wish to classify the mails? (Y/N)", if you press the "Y" key, all the mails in the specified folder are classified into various folders according to the script in the refile.rc file of ALTAIR's program directory. Write the script as follows: <field name>=<field body>:<folder the mails shall be moved to> 1. Field name Specify a header field name. Not only "From" and "To" but also you can specify "Sender" and "X-ML-Name" as well. 2. Field body The character string as the content of the corresponding field name. You cannot use regular expressions. 3. Folder the mails shall be moved to Specify the folder to which the message satisfying the condition shall be saved. Example: ----- From=MAILER-DAEMON:DUSTBOX To=alw:alw Cc=alw:alw ... ----- F8 to move to another folder When you press the F8 key, the message "folder move" is spoken or displayed. If you press the enter key, the message "Enter folder name" is spoken or displayed, so enter the folder name you wish to move to and press the enter key. Then the mail list of the folder is read aloud or displayed and you can confirm that you moved to the folder you specified. F9 to register in the address book, to clear the DUSTBOX, and rebuild the database F9 once to register in the address book Select the mail you wish to register its mail address by moving up and down cursors in the mail list, press the F9 key once, then the message "address book register" is spoken or displayed, so press the enter key. When the message "Name the address." is spoken or displayed, enter the name for the address and press the enter key. After the registration is complete, the message "Registration complete." is spoken or displayed. When you open the alias.rc file, you can confirm that the name now registered is recorded at the right of the "*alias" and the mail address of the Sender (From) is recorded below. F9 twice to clear DUSTBOX When you press the F9 key twice, the message "clear DUSTBOX" is spoken or displayed, so press the enter key. When you are asked "Do you wish to delete the DUSTBOX? (Y/N)", press the "Y" key. Then all the mails in the DUSTBOX folder are deleted. F9 three times to rebuild database Mail list is created by a database, and you use this command when there is a malfunction such as that a mail is damaged or INDEX of the mail list is damaged. When you press the F9 key three times, the message "database rebuilding" is spoken or displayed, so press the enter key. When you are asked "Do you wish to rebuild database? (Y/N)", press the "Y" key. The database INDEX of the mail list is rebuilt. F10 for on and off of thread mode When you press the F10 key once "thread on" is spoken or displayed, and twice "thread off". You can toggle on and off by the F10 key. Also, by the / key, you can toggle on and off of thread mode. Although there is no change in appearance when you entered in the thread mode, the operations by up, down, left, and right cursors are changed to the move command assigned to U N . , originally. When you are out of thread mode, the operations by the cursors return to the original ones. shift + F1 for INBOX When you press the F1 key while pressing the shift key, the message "in box" is spoken or "INBOX" is displayed, so press the enter key. You can move to the INBOX folder. shift + F2 for OUTBOX When you press the F2 key while pressing the shift key, the message "out box" is spoken or "OUTBOX" is displayed, so press the enter key. You can move to the OUTBOX folder. shift + F3 for DRAFTBOX When you press the F3 key while pressing the shift key, the message "draft box" is spoken or "DRAFTBOX" is displayed, so press the enter key. You can move to the DRAFTBOX folder. shift + F4 to change braille voice While pressing the shift key, if you press the F4 key once "braille" is spoken or displayed, twice "voice and braille", and three times "voice". Each of these deals with "display by braille only", "display by voice and braille", and "display by voice only". This function is valid only when "the braille display is on by the shift + F5 keys". shift + F5 for on/off of braille display While pressing the shift key, if you press the F5 key once "braille display on", and twice "braille display off" is spoken or displayed. With the "braille display on", braille is output on the braille display. shift + F6 for MAILBOX When you press the F6 key while pressing the shift key, the message "mail box" is spoken or "MAILBOX" is displayed, so press the enter key. You can move to the MAILBOX folder. shift + F7 for SENDBOX When you press the F7 key while pressing the shift key, the message "send box" is spoken or "SENDBOX" is displayed, so press the enter key. You can move to the SENDBOX folder. shift + F8 for cursor jump When you press the F8 key while pressing the shift key, the message "Cursor to where?" is spoken or displayed. Enter the number assigned to the mail, and press the enter key. The cursor jumps to the mail of which the number is entered. shift + F10 for DUSTBOX When you press the F10 key while pressing the shift key, the message "dust box" is spoken or "DUSTBOX" is displayed, so press the enter key. You can move to the DUSTBOX folder. 5） Edit function While typing a mail, you can use almost all the editor functions you use with editor mode such as search and replacement, reading, block edit, and cursor movement, for the mail. 6） Short cut key The following commands are valid. DEL to move the selected mail to DUSTBOX (dustbin) folder Return or V to read aloud or display the content of the selected mail by the editor. (It is editable when ALTAIR is in the SENDBOX or DRAFTBOX folder. Otherwise, it is not editable.) W to make a new mail P to save an attached file R to make a reply mail F to make a transfer mail K to search a mail : to toggle on/off of quick mail search ; or BS to return to the previous search result when doing a focus search T to move the selected mail to a specified folder L to collectively move the selected mails to a specified folder D to move the selected mail to DUSTBOX (dustbin) folder E to delete all the content in the DUSTBOX S to send the mail(s) waiting to be sent (executable when you are only in OUTBOX) G to change a folder I to move to INBOX folder O to move to OUTBOX folder M to move to MAILBOX folder B to move to SENDBOX folder X to move to DRAFTBOX folder Z to rebuild database of the mails in the folder Y to save a mail as a file J to register a mail to the address book H or END to tell or display the subject in full C to receive mails and move them to INBOX U to go up the thread N to go down the thread . to go along the thread (to downward of the list) , to go along the thread (to upward of the list) A to classify mails SHIFT + CTRL + K to quit CTRL + DEL to get out of mailer mode / to toggle on/off of thread mode CTRL + up/down cursors to move up and down and tell or display the subject in full CTRL + SHIFT + ] to toggle between TTS mode and EXTRA mode CTRL + SHIFT + H to toggle on/off of "Do not read" SHIFT + END to toggle on/off of line break CTRL + PAGEDOWN or CTRL + SHIFT + V to read characters in detail SHIFT + up cursor to the beginning of the whole mail list SHIFT + down cursor to the end of the whole mail list SHIFT + left cursor to the beginning of the line SHIFT + right cursor to the end of the line CTRL + left cursor to move to the previous English word or the previous Japanese phrase CTRL + right cursor to move to the next English word or the next Japanese phrase 7） Multi-account CTRL + F6 for environment setting 1 CTRL + F7 for environment setting 2 CTRL + F8 for environment setting 3 CTRL + F9 for environment setting 4 CTRL + F10 for environment setting 5 You can set up maximum 5 mail accounts for ALTAIR. The mail account you set lastly will be the account you use regularly afterwards. Note the following for account setting: - The setting for whether or not to keep the received mails in the server must be the same for all accounts. Each account setting is saved in mail1.cfg, mail2.cof, mail3.cfg, mail4.cfg, and mail5.cfg. - The file path for sending and receiving mails can be either same or different for each account. When you set the same path, the accounts will use the mailbox jointly. CTRL + F1 to select account 1 CTRL + F2 to select account 2 CTRL + F3 to select account 3 CTRL + F4 to select account 4 CTRL + F5 to select account 5 By the above operation, you can change the account. 8． Shell 1） Shell mode CTRL + HOME for shell mode When you use shell mode, you can use command prompts in ALTAIR. As shell mode is one of the file buffers, you can use ALTAIR's edit function. Using the edit function, you can read the command prompt output later or copy the content to another file buffer. A command prompt means the "command prompt" in the Windows' menu. With a command prompt, you operate by entering the orders called "commands" directly from the keyboard. For example, if you enter the command "dir", the list of the current directory is read aloud or displayed. Although you have to remember commands, once you get used to them, you can get a convenient environment that you can operate the program directly. 2） Quitting shell When ALTAIR quits, the shell quits as well. With Windows 95/98/Me, however, there are some occasions that you cannot quit the shell. Therefore, quit the shell explicitly by "exit" command as much as possible before quitting ALTAIR. Also, even when you once quit the shell by "exit" command, you can start the shell again if you enter shell mode by the control + home keys. 3） Command input After starting shell mode by the control + home keys, you can give commands just like ordinary command prompts. 4）Edit function With the shell mode, you can use almost all the edit functions of ALTAIR. 5） No-linebreak command input By the shift + enter keys, you can send to a command a character string without a linefeed. Taking "copy" command for example, when you are asked "Are you sure? Overwrite xx. (Yes/No/All)", you have to enter one character when using command prompt. However, with ALTAIR's shell mode, characters are not given to the command until you enter the enter key. When you enter the enter key, the characters are sent to the command together with the linefeed character. When you wish to send a character string to a command excluding linefeed character, use the shift + enter keys. For example, if you enter y key and the shift + enter keys, you can send y character alone to the command. 6） History You can recall the command you entered in the past by the control + "/" keys and the control + shift + "/" keys. 7） Sound play CTRL + "@" to toggle automatic sound play ESC to stop automatic sound play In addition, you can stop the sound play if you once get out of the shell mode by using the control + home keys. 8） File name completion You can complete file names by the control + "." keys and the control + shift + "." keys. With this function, when you enter a file name, if you enter a part of the name and press the control + "." keys, a file name that fulfills the condition is read aloud or displayed. If you press the control + "." keys again, the next candidate is announced or displayed. With the control + shift + "." keys, the previous candidate is announced or displayed. With this file name completion mode, when a folder is found, "\" is spoken or displayed after the folder name. When you wish to do the completion within this folder, if you type "*" and enter the completion mode with the control + "." keys, you can continue the completion in the folder. If you use the above function, you do not need to enter the file names manually and can enter the ones swiftly. 9） Shell setting option Usually, cmd.exe or command.com is automatically set in the command interpreter used by shell mode. When you wish to explicitly use another command interpreter, you can specify it by an environment file (al.cfg). -)Pcommand.com to set a name of command interpreter -)I/q to set a parameter for command interpreter startup -)Rcrlf You can specify the linefeed code, crlf or lf, to send to the command interpreter. (When you do not specify one, crlf is used.) Example: For using "bash" attached to Cygwin32, specify as follows: -)Pc:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe -)I--login -i -)Rlf 10） Tag jump F1 for tag jump This is a function for a programmer. It is the function to operate C compiler, etc in the shell mode and to automatically jump to the error based on the error information read aloud or displayed with the file and the line number. When you press the tag jump key on the display of a compile error for Borland C++ or Visual C++, the file with the error opens in File 1 and the cursor moves to the error. For example, suppose the following error message is spoken or displayed when you are compiling a program. c:\test\src\sampmain.cpp(121): error C2143: syntax error: Missing ';' before 'else' When you put the cursor on the message and press the F1 + enter keys, sampmain.cpp opens in File 1 and the cursor moves to the line 121. |